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- A study in Japan found that 62.4% of participants regularly attended dental checkups before the COVID-19 pandemic.
- After the pandemic, 28.5% of those who used to get regular checkups stopped attending them, with factors like gender, income level, number of teeth, and cleaning habits influencing this trend.
- The results indicate that the disruption of dental checkups during the pandemic is linked to socioeconomic factors and poor oral health, potentially leading to further deterioration in these individuals’ dental health.
Article Abstract
Managing oral health through regular dental checkups (RDCs) can help prevent dental diseases. Our study aimed to investigate the proportion and characteristics of those who stopped receiving RDCs owing to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A nationwide web-based survey in Japan in September 2021 (3556 participants) revealed that 62.4% of participants had habitually received RDCs before COVID-19. Of these (n = 2219), 71.5% had received RDCs since the pandemic and 28.5% had not. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed the following characteristics of those without RDCs since the pandemic: female (male, OR: 0.58, 95%CI: 0.45−0.74), lower household income (<2000 K JPY, OR: 1.45, 95%CI: 0.94−2.23; 2000 K−< 4000 K JPY, OR: 1.46, 95%CI: 1.08−1.98), fewer teeth (20−27, OR: 0.63, 95%CI: 0.39−1.03; ≥28, OR: 0.60, 95%CI: 0.36−0.98), and no interdental cleaning habits (OR: 0.51, 95%CI: 0.41−0.63). These results suggest that the disruption to RDCs owing to the pandemic is related to individual socioeconomic factors. Additionally, these individuals have poor oral health, which may be worsened by such barriers.
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